Practical Mobile Forensics

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Practical Mobile Forensics

A hands-on guide to mastering mobile forensics for the iOS, Android, and the Windows Phone platforms

E-book readers, tablets and other portable devices: consumer / user guides Computer security Computer networking and communications

Authors: Heather Mahalik, Rohit Tamma, Satish Bommisetty

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Language: English

Published by: Packt Publishing

Published on: 20th May 2016

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 43 Mb

ISBN: 9781786465610


Key Features

Get to grips with the basics of mobile forensics and the various forensic approaches

Retrieve and analyze the data stored on mobile devices and on the cloud

A practical guide to leverage the power of mobile forensics on the popular mobile platforms with lots of tips, tricks and caveats

Book Description

Mobile phone forensics is the science of retrieving data from a mobile phone under forensically sound conditions. This book is an update to Practical Mobile Forensics and it delves into the concepts of mobile forensics and its importance in today's world. We will deep dive into mobile forensics techniques in iOS 8 - 9.2, Android 4.4 - 6, and Windows Phone devices. We will demonstrate the latest open source and commercial mobile forensics tools, enabling you to analyze and retrieve data effectively. You will learn how to introspect and retrieve data from cloud, and document and prepare reports for your investigations. By the end of this book, you will have mastered the current operating systems and techniques so you can recover data from mobile devices by leveraging open source solutions.

What you will learn

Discover the new features in practical mobile forensics

Understand the architecture and security mechanisms present in iOS and Android platforms

Identify sensitive files on the iOS and Android platforms

Set up the forensic environment

Extract data on the iOS and Android platforms

Recover data on the iOS and Android platforms

Understand the forensics of Windows devices

Explore various third-party application techniques and data recovery techniques

Who this book is for

This book is for forensics professionals who are eager to widen their forensics skillset to mobile forensics and acquire data from mobile devices.

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